Donate Apply for a scholarship
  Back to Meet our scholars
  • Profile
  • Scholars in the Arts
  • Current scholar
  • Scholar

Jenna Arendse

  • University of Cape Town, Master of Fine Art
 

Biography

Jenna Arendse is an environmental artist, MFA candidate at the University of Cape Town, and advocate for climate justice whose work challenges traditional artmaking to create a more inclusive, sustainable world. In 2025, she served as an assistant lecturer at UCT and exhibited widely, including at Glen Carlou Gallery and the Michaelis Galleries. As a painter, sculptor, and videographer, Jenna works with seaweed pigments—transforming an undervalued resource into art with a sustainable footprint. Her practice is committed to empowering underrepresented and underprivileged communities by making art more accessible and driving tangible social and ecological change.